Gotta love the secrets of some of our favourite movies. Take Home Alone for example. The famous scene/line takes place when little Kevin McAllister roams his house without his family. He comes across a photo of his bully-of-a-brother Buzz and says “Buzz’s girlfriend, woof!”

So apparently (and understandably) the Producer didn’t want to put a photo of a girl in there. This was also before any fancy computer program could help, we imagine. So they decided to dress up a boy! Devin Ratray told Yahoo;

“They decided it would be unkind to put a girl in that role of just being funny-looking. The art director had a son who was more than willing to volunteer for the part. I think if he had known it would become the highest-grossing family comedy of all time, he might have had second thoughts about it.”

Meanwhile, if you are wondering what the cast looks like now. Look no further: